Didactic Cut (Basil Bernstein, 1970s) – the selective boundary educators create when simplifying or formalizing knowledge for teaching. Didactic Cut describes the division between everyday knowledge and school knowledge – how curriculum and pedagogy transform lived understanding into formal, teachable content.
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Davis, B., & Francis, K. (2025). “Didactic Cut” in Discourses on Learning in Education. https://learningdiscourses.com.
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